Year 9

Practise Translation: Ulysses, Penelope and Eurycleia

Year 9

Practise Translation: Ulysses, Penelope and Eurycleia

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise 3rd person pronouns by translating the next part of Ulysses' return to Ithaca. Our hero's disguise is nearly broken for a second time.

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8 Questions

Q1.
1. Which TWO of these English words are NOT 3rd person pronouns?
he
her
Correct answer: me
she
them
they
Correct answer: you (s)
Q2.
2. Match the Latin pronoun 'illa' to the English translation.
he, it
it
Correct answer: she, it
Q3.
3. Match the Latin pronoun 'id' to the English translation.
her, it
him. it
Correct answer: it
Q4.
4. Match the Latin words 'eos, eas, ea, eis' to their English translation.
Correct answer: them
they
Q5.
5. What does the following Latin sentence mean: ego eam saluto?
Correct answer: I greet her.
I greet him.
Q6.
6. What does the following Latin sentence mean: eum non timeo?
He does not fear.
Correct answer: I do not fear him.
Q7.
7. Match the Latin sentence 'eos salutant' to the correct English translation.
They greet it.
Correct answer: They greet them.
They greet.
Q8.
8. Match the Latin sentence 'id salutant' to the correct English translation.
Correct answer: They greet it.
They greet them.
They greet.

9 Questions

Q1.
Which TWO of these English words are 3rd person pronouns?
I
Correct answer: it
our
Correct answer: she
we
you (pl)
Q2.
What is the English translation of the Latin pronoun: illa?
her, it
him, it
Correct answer: she, it
Q3.
What is the English translation of the Latin pronoun: eam?
Correct answer: her, it
him, it
she, it
Q4.
What is the English translation of the Latin pronoun: eum?
her, it
Correct answer: him, it
she, it
Q5.
What does the following Latin sentence mean: illa eam curat?
Correct answer: She cares for her.
She cares for him.
Q6.
What does the following Latin sentence mean: ille eum rogat?
He asks her.
Correct answer: He asks him.
She asks her.
She asks him.
Q7.
What does the following Latin sentence mean: illa se rogat?
He asks her.
He asks himself.
Correct answer: She asks herself.
She asks him.
Q8.
What is the correct translation of the SECOND of these two Latin sentences: femina pedem tenet. ille est gravis?
He is heavy.
Correct answer: It is heavy.
She is heavy.
Q9.
In Penelope's dream, who else might her dead geese represent?
Correct answer: Penelope's maids
The Greeks who died in the Trojan War
Ulysses' men